Henrik Carlsen (born 30 November 1959) is a Danish composer, record producer, singer, and keyboardist.

Background

Carlsen was born in

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and grew up in Brøndby. He was a founding member of Street Beat in 1982 and led it until it was disbanded in 1993. As a composer, he has written or co-written pop-songs like " Ring A Ling" (

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), " Diddley-Dee" (

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), " Easy Come Easy Go" ( Los Umbrellos), and worked as producer or re-mixer with

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, E-Type,

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and many more. He was diagnosed with

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in 2001. He retired from the music business and worked as a school teacher until 2016. In 2016, he returned to music and released his first solo album " Street Beat Revisited". The album was a homage to his former band Street Beat, and he played all instruments himself recording the entire album in his own bedroom. He is permanently in a wheelchair and has lost all walking ability. In November 2019, Carlsen released the instrumental album " WXYZ", again composing, arranging, performing, and producing all music by himself in his home studio. Another instrumental

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fusion album was released in November 2022. This was a follow-up and named " WXYZ II". It consisted of 11 tracks, one them being a classical serenade For Linda played on a sampled

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violin.https://www.discogs.com/release/25241293-Henrik-Carlsen-WXYZ-II

References

1959 births Living people Danish composers Danish male composers Danish pop musicians Danish record producers Danish songwriters Danish male singers People from Brøndby Municipality Musicians from the Capital Region of Denmark {{music-producer-stub